B.C.'s stone fruits at risk after January cold snap
B.C. Fruit Growers' Association's president says he expects harvests for peaches, apricots, nectarines and plums to be down at least 90 per cent.
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B.C. Fruit Growers' Association's president says he expects harvests for peaches, apricots, nectarines and plums to be down at least 90 per cent.
One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees.
‘It’ll be 90 per cent, if not more, lost, based off of what we’re seeing on the peaches, on the apricots, on plums,’ says Jennifer Deol of There and Back Again Farms in Kelowna
One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees.
Early signs point to a dismal year for peaches, apricots or nectarines as farmers look for support